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Universal Music, home to Taylor Swift and Drake, receives €55bn takeover offer

Billionaire Bill Ackman’s hedge fund Pershing Square has proposed a €55bn cash-and-stock takeover of Universal Music Group, citing undervaluation despite strong performance.

Liberal judge Chris Taylor wins election to Wisconsin supreme court – US politics live

Republican wins Georgia runoff election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene

Deceives by inverting spending facts and omitting Trump's endorsement to craft a sympathetic anti-war underdog tale for the losing Democrat.

‘Desperately searching for any sort of exit ramp’: US political leaders react as Trump announces ceasefire

US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire as Tehran says it will reopen strait of Hormuz | First Thing

This newsletter deceives through factual errors, unverified claims, and omissions that portray Trump's Iran policy as reckless brinkmanship while ignoring US victory declarations.

Oil prices plunge and stocks jump after Trump announces conditional ceasefire with Iran

Informs on market reactions accurately but deceives via omissions of Iranian provocations and stacked skeptical sources to erode Trump's ceasefire credibility.

First Thing: Ceasefire in peril as Israel assaults Lebanon and Iran blocks oil tankers

Trump news at a glance: a tale of two ceasefires as US and Iran claim different terms

Stacks Trump-critical voices 7-to-1 with snarl words mocking US claims, omitting Iran's blockade and market rally to portray shaky, overblown victory.

FBI arrests ex-Fort Bragg employee over alleged classified leak to journalist

This article tries to deceive by sympathetically framing the suspect via unverified harassment claims and whistleblower defenses, omitting Espionage Act severity to downplay the leak's gravity.

Democrats push to pass Iran war powers resolution despite House recess, accusing Trump of ‘unhinged behavior’ – US politics live

This article deceives by stacking Democratic sources to frame Trump's Iran actions as unhinged and reckless, omitting military victories and inserting factual errors.

Republicans block Democrats’ push to curb Trump’s war powers over Iran

This article deceives by framing a symbolic Democratic procedural stunt as a substantive Republican block on curbing Trump's Iran war powers, via loaded headlines and omitted context.

Newly created Polymarket accounts win big on well-timed Iran ceasefire bets

Head of IMF says Iran war will permanently scar global economy even if peace is reached

A day in the life of a 19-year-old in ICE detention: ‘I feel that this nightmare is not going to end’

This article deceives by prioritizing unverified emotional victim narratives and activist claims while omitting short detention stays and positive facility reports to portray endless inhumane sufferin

Will deadly Israeli attacks in Lebanon shatter US-Iran ceasefire? | The Latest

Will deadly Israeli attacks in Lebanon shatter US-Iran ceasefire? | The Latest

Pete Hegseth’s holy war: the militant Christian theology animating the US attack on Iran

This article deceives by speculatively tying Hegseth's faith to 'holy war' atrocities through emotional imagery, biased sources, and omissions of Iran's provocations and US objectives.

Melania Trump’s surprise Epstein statement prompts bafflement

Epstein survivors criticise Melania Trump after surprise statement – US politics live

This article deceives by leading with unverified survivor attacks to frame Melania as deflecting blame, burying her denial and call for hearings amid a chain of anti-Trump items.

Netanyahu says there is no ceasefire in Lebanon as Israel launches fresh strikes

This article informs on strikes and reactions but deceives via omissions of Hezbollah rocket fire and emotive language framing Israel as unprovoked aggressor in bidirectional conflict.

Islamabad prepares to host US-Iran negotiations as Trump casts doubt on ceasefire | First Thing

US inflation soars in March as war on Iran drives economy into uncertainty

Swalwell denies allegations of sexual assault as calls grow for him to withdraw from California governor race

Jubilant return of Artemis II shadowed by ‘extinction-level’ cuts to Nasa: ‘It’s discordant’

'Astronauts back on Earth': Artemis II crew splashes down after record-breaking moon flyby – video

Video of an ICE shooting shattered the agency’s story. Will it usher in accountability?

This article deceives by inflating isolated ICE incidents into systemic failure via hyperbolic language, one-sided quotes, and omitting the operation's 3,789 arrests.

‘Abhorrent’: the inside story of the Polymarket gamblers betting millions on war

This article informs on real Polymarket war bets but deceives via sensational framing and critic-heavy sourcing to stoke moral outrage over the platform's informational value.

Trump’s new budget ignores dying Americans and gives away record sums to the US military

‘I feel helpless’: college graduates can’t find entry-level roles in shrinking market amid rise of AI

Informs on genuine entry-level struggles via anecdotes and stats but deceives through one-sided sourcing and omissions of low unemployment and AI job gains to heighten alarmism.

Trump news at a glance: president signals more mass pardons in pipeline; Vance leaves Pakistan after Iran peace talks break down

Oil price tops $100 a barrel after peace talks fail and Trump orders blockade

Trump says US will blockade strait of Hormuz after Iran peace talks fail | First Thing

Deceives by fabricating official US military details and omitting Iran's Strait closures and war escalations to cast Trump as reckless aggressor.

Calls grow for Eric Swalwell to resign from House amid sexual assault allegations – US politics live

Informs on real allegations prompting Swalwell's campaign suspension but deceives via unverified expulsion and probe claims to portray an imminent House crisis.

US-Iran peace talks could resume in next two days, Trump says | First Thing

Trump may believe he is the messiah – but his attack on the pope could prove costly for JD Vance | Arwa Mahdawi

Republicans struggle to highlight Trump’s cuts as Americans see little effect on Tax Day – US politics live

This article deceives readers by omitting IRS data on substantial refund increases and framing tax cuts as ineffective via selective sourcing and negative spin.

Hungary’s strongman lost. His ideas live on in the White House | Jamil Smith

This opinion column deceives by vaguely associating Trump with Orbán's authoritarianism via loaded labels and emotional contrasts, while omitting election scandals and mutual Iran hostilities.

‘Psychological torture’: outcry over conditions at ICE desert detention camp

This article deceives by inflating unverified death tolls, amplifying emotional anecdotes, and omitting the facility's temporary nature and ICE remedies to scandalize border enforcement.

Trump’s push to cut interest rates has echoes of ‘banana republic’, says Yellen

This article deceives by building its narrative around an unverified inflammatory quote from biased Yellen to equate Trump's rate push with 'banana republic' desperation, ignoring context.

Tax day: US taxpayers spend hundreds more on military as Trump pushes for vast increase

‘A dollar or two increase is devastating’: US readers on toll of rising gas prices

Deceives by framing gas price hikes as solely due to unprovoked US/Israeli war via stacked emotional anti-Trump testimonials, omitting Iran's missile strikes and Strait closure.